Mac Mason Training and Repairs

MacMason training and Repairs

Category: Linux

  • Yarrr! What does opening a phone and Mac repair shop have to do with pirates?

    If you are thinking of piracy having to do with BitTorrent …. I’m not that guy. (I have Married a Copyright lawyer…besides, I like open source software ). But there is this quote from Steve Jobs that has always inspired me. “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” Steve Jobs I have…

  • Coffee Shop and Coding in Bathrust

    About once a week I go to the Bathurst Seymour Centre to teach computer literacy for Seniors. Honestly, it is one of my favourite classes to teach. As the students are always happy to see me. We often get sidetracked and talk about life, the universe and everything. And other times I help fix their…

  • OSX El Capitan too old – Maybe Try Linux

    If you are running into problems with not being able to use some websites on your old Macbook or iMac. It could be that you are using OSX 10.11. (Or older) This version of OSX is no longer getting software updates from Apple. (It came out in 2015 and in internet years that is VERY…

  • View of my Desk at the Repair Shop

    Have you ever wanted to see a Computer Geeks Desk? I have to admit that it is not anything fancy. I don’t have anything expensive to show off. No latest Macbook Pros. No Purple M1 iMac. Not even unnecessary LED lights on the mouse and keyboard. Just the tools of the trade for repairing Macs…

  • Linux on a Mac the Basics

    Before we even start I am going to keep things simple here. This blog post is for those folks who have yet to even try Linux. This will talk about why someone may want to run Linux on a Mac or old PC computer. What is linux? And why is everyone so excited about it?…